Aircraft & Propulsion

Russia’s VRT500 will use a Western engine and avionics as it targets the urban air services niche.

Thales is developing a flight management system (FMS) designed to take advantage of inflight connectivity.

Aerospace business growth continues to be driven by the two narrowbody leaders, and especially their larger variants.

Lufthansa has begun a long-term trial of a noise-reducing approach guidance technology at Frankfurt Airport.

Cyberattacks are a growing threat to airlines, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) said as the trade group convened in Kuala Lumpur Nov. 22 to finalize six annual resolutions.

Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) is looking to finalize a new contract with the country’s largest carrier, Aeroflot, to help reach its aircraft delivery goal for 2019.

A Dornier 228 turboprop operated by Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) carrier Busy Bee Congo is reported to have crashed while departing Goma airport in eastern DRC with up to 27 fatalities.

Spanish regional Binter is the first European carrier to receive the Embraer E195-E2, the largest of the E2 generation of regional jets.

Boeing rolled out the 737 MAX 10 at an employee-only event in Renton, Washington Nov. 21, a significant step in its effort to slow the Airbus A321neo’s momentum.

South American airline group Avianca Holdings is scrapping aircraft as the company works to cut capacity and repair its balance sheet.

Operators of the latest Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 variant, as well as the Trent 7000, face new inspections following word from the manufacturer of cracked air seals on out-of-service engines.

Boeing rolled out the 737 MAX 10 at an employee-only event in Renton, Washington, on Nov. 21, as the company attempts to slow the momentum of the Airbus A321neo.

Investigators were not able to pinpoint the cause of four Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine inlet cowling panel failures, but regulators and the manufacturer are confident that changes, including a new design and reduced in-service inspection intervals, have sufficiently mitigated risks.

International Airlines Group (IAG) carrier British Airways (BA) has confirmed it will receive its first Boeing 787-10 in January 2020, which will initially operate to Atlanta, Georgia in the US.

New engines on existing aircraft is a tried-and-tested formula and could buy time for radical concepts to come as propulsion providers look for applications.

Emirates and Air Arabia have ordered more Airbus and Boeing airliners; Etihad is reducing its Boeing 787 buy.

Certification could come in 2019, but service return will not be until well into next year.

AirAsia took delivery of its first A321neo from Airbus in Hamburg on Nov. 20.

As the air transport industry increases its focus on sustainability, Boeing is stepping up its ecoDemonstrator technology testbed program with flight tests of a specially modified 777-200ER.

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and Honeywell are integrating analytics from the supplier’s components into the aftermarket specialist’s independent digital health management platform, giving LHT’s offering even more heft as a single-source aircraft predictive maintenance system.

A durability fix package clears GE9X production restart and paves the way for resumption of Boeing 777-9 flight tests.

As the air transport industry increases its focus on sustainability, Boeing is stepping up its ecoDemonstrator technology testbed program, the latest phase of which is getting underway with flight tests of a specially modified 777-200ER.

Tarmac Aerosave, a company specializing in aircraft maintenance, storage and dismantling, has completed the first-ever disassembly of an Airbus A380.

Aircalin, a carrier based in Noumea, in the French territory of New Caledonia, has stopped operating one of its two Airbus A330neos after reporting repeated odor issues in the cabin.

Emirates Airline is set to become a Boeing 787 operator after substituting orders for the 777X in favor of the smaller twinjet.